Software Engineering Lead — Data Platforms & AI (Hybrid)

CMR Surgical Ltd.; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension

Healthcare

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

CMR Surgical is seeking a Software Engineering Lead to oversee two teams building the data platforms, services and infrastructure for the Versius system. You will provide technical credibility, coaching and hands-on mentoring while steering delivery.

This hybrid role requires minimum one day per week in Cambridge, with on-site time as needed. You will work across AWS, Python/TypeScript stacks, and Databricks data lake, shaping AI-native engineering practices to deliver reliable products that

Qualifications

• Experience leading software teams and growing people.
• Track record in delivering software, data or platform projects.
• Comfortable with change and building structure that scales.

Responsibilities

• Lead two software teams (3–6 engineers each) with clear direction and accountability.
• Coach and develop engineers through mentoring and feedback.
• Line-manage around 4 engineers, keeping reporting lines lean.
• Own team delivery, quality, support and operations; push pragmatic improvements.
• Guide teams through AI-native development and guardrail design.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Software engineering

AI coding tools

Stakeholder communication

Tools

AWS

Databricks

Python

TypeScript

Job description

CMR Surgical is seeking a Software Engineering Lead to oversee two teams building the data platforms, services and infrastructure for the Versius system. You will provide technical credibility, coaching and hands-on mentoring while steering delivery.

This hybrid role requires minimum one day per week in Cambridge, with on-site time as needed. You will work across AWS, Python/TypeScript stacks, and Databricks data lake, shaping AI-native engineering practices to deliver reliable products that